The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... honour and honesty 167. The game of happiness 168. The world to be reformed by medical assistance 169. On the nakedness of the ladies- Ad- vertisement for a curate at Beccles - of dreamers in pulpits 170. On ostentatious charity • Moyle ...
... honour and honesty 167. The game of happiness 168. The world to be reformed by medical assistance 169. On the nakedness of the ladies- Ad- vertisement for a curate at Beccles - of dreamers in pulpits 170. On ostentatious charity • Moyle ...
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... honour they do to our age and country ; and it is not without high indignation against the ingrati- tude of the present times , that I have been hitherto disappointed in my expectations of seeing public honours and rewards bestowed on ...
... honour they do to our age and country ; and it is not without high indignation against the ingrati- tude of the present times , that I have been hitherto disappointed in my expectations of seeing public honours and rewards bestowed on ...
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... honoured with statues and crowns of olive at Olympia ; with a place in the Prytaneum at Athens , and an ovation , if not a triumph , at Rome . Suffer not ingratitude to fix a stain upon our country , which it would never be able to wipe ...
... honoured with statues and crowns of olive at Olympia ; with a place in the Prytaneum at Athens , and an ovation , if not a triumph , at Rome . Suffer not ingratitude to fix a stain upon our country , which it would never be able to wipe ...
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... ; which I should imagine can be no great difficulty to one who has the honour to reckon in that number the prime wits of the age . I am , sir , Your humble servant . MR . FITZ - ADAM ; Walking the other day 4 141 . THE WORLD .
... ; which I should imagine can be no great difficulty to one who has the honour to reckon in that number the prime wits of the age . I am , sir , Your humble servant . MR . FITZ - ADAM ; Walking the other day 4 141 . THE WORLD .
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... honoured , but not envied . The happiness of life is , I believe , generally to be found in those stations , which neither totally subject men to labour , nor absolutely exempt them from it . Power is the parent of disquietude , C 2 143 ...
... honoured , but not envied . The happiness of life is , I believe , generally to be found in those stations , which neither totally subject men to labour , nor absolutely exempt them from it . Power is the parent of disquietude , C 2 143 ...
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